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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Kolkata College Violence: Politicians Of Future?

Times of West
Bengal, a state of eastern India, seem to be marching step-in-step with the
increasing intolerance shown by its Chief Minister Mamata Bannerji to almost
everybody living in her state—from writers, journalists, cartoonists, rape
victims to even foreign investors. As we have often referred to her in these
pages ‘merciless’ Mamata promised a new beginning by uprooting the 34-year-old
stagnant and autocratic rule of the Left in May, 2011 and by bringing her Trinamool
(grass-roots) Congress (TMC) overwhelmingly into power. But over time she has
managed exactly to shake up those very grass-roots of West
Bengal. She has managed to antagonize political parties and
citizens alike thus creating an unhealthy atmosphere of mistrust, doubt and
malevolence. Today we have witnessed another shame happening to this state
known once for having a most literate, cultured and sensitive population.

It was just a
college in prime Kolkata that like any other college is supposed to impart
education on the students. And it was just a day when nominations were to be
finalized for the college union elections. But maybe discarding education
completely and taking lessons from the political behavior rampant in this
country called the largest democracy of the world students came well prepared
for the occasion—with guns, crude bombs and all other ‘political’ weapons.

The rival unions
had to be the student wings of the TMC and the Congress for the simple reason
that Congress could not manage to come to power last time and that Mamata
walked out of the Congress led ruling coalition of India in apparently utter disgust.
The role of the Left union could not be put in the ‘right’ perspective till the
last reports came in. The students though were in the right political
perspective and their ‘dedicated’ and ‘inspired’ behavior must have made Indian
politics proud. And violence was the only possible result. .

It was the most
shameful and ugly outburst of violence coming from none other than the
students—the future of India.
They lunged for each other’s blood and there was absolute chaos with smoke,
fires and brickbats piercing the broad daylight. The shame was complete when a
police sub-inspector on duty got the bullet and was declared brought dead at
the nearby hospital. Scores of others got injured in the mindless violence. And
what followed was equally shamefully political—passing the buck and more blame
game.

Future
politicians of the largest democracy of the world in the making? Grief!

Baby Falak, the bruised and brutalized 2-year-old girl, finally decided to say goodbye to this cruel world (India) and departed for a better world. The poor child died on her third cardiac arrest on Thursday (March 15, 2012) at the same Delhi hospital she was admitted to though she had been improving well over the past few days. Doctors attending for nearly two months were planning to discharge her soon, but they were not sure of her brain functioning.

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Amulya Kumar Chakravarty

Noted Writer-Translator-Administrator of Assam 1928-1991

Amulya Kumar Chakravarty Memorial Trust Award

Amulya Kumar Chakravarty was a writer and a celebrated translator of world epics. He translated Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad and Virgil’s Aenid into Assamese. These books were published in the seventies and eighties in Assam, India; and even now are bestsellers going into multiple editions. Doubled with a flowing original language and strict authenticity these translated epics are hailed in Assam as trend setting translations.

Amulya Kumar Chakravarty had a hard life. Being a farmer’s son he went to the nearby town for studies and after graduation set off for Calcutta (now Kolkata) for post graduation in English. His ambition was to become a college teacher so that he could devote his life to education and writings. But due to economic hardships he had to come back half way and was forced to join Assam Civil Service of which he could not ever come out. He also contracted diabetes after forty years of age. Uprightness, honesty and efficiency ruling his career he always struggled for economic stability. He never had enough money and always took pride in telling that his only investments in life had been on his four children's education. Burning a lot of midnight oil, literally, and waging a constant war against mosquitoes he continued his writing activities and apart from the three translated epics he also wrote numerous short stories and a half completed novel. His exemplary honesty remains a source of inspiration for his admirers in today's environment of rampant corruption.

Amulya Kumar Chakravarty passed away in 1991. His family and local literary bodies in Guwahati formed a memorial Trust in 2002 and decided to institute an Award for excellent literary translations in Assamese on a biennial basis. The first Award consisting of cash prize and certificate was given in 2003 to one of the nominated books. This gave a tremendous boost to promote genuine translation works in Assam.

The Trust has announced the Award for 2011 to eminent author Dr. Prafulla Kataky for his outstanding contribution to Assamese literary translation work.

The Award was presented at an august function held on October 09, 2011 at Veterinary College Auditorium, Guwahati.

For 2013 the Sixth Amulya Kumar Chakravarty Memorial Translation Literature Award was presented to Author-Translator Bipul Deuri at a dignified ceremony held on 6th October, the 22nd Death Anniversary of Amulya Kumar Chakravarty, at Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati. The Award was handed over by Imran Shah, President of Assam Sahitya Sabha. A Painting Competition for Children was organized by Shrutinaad earlier on the day as a part of the event.

The Seventh Amulya Kumar Chakravarty Memorial Translation Literature Award has been presented to Dhrubajyoti Borthakur for Assamese translation of Hermann Hesse's book 'Siddhartha'. The award was ceremonially handed over by the President of Assam Sahitya Sabha, Dr Dhrubajyoti Bora on 4th October, 2015 at Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati

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Ragini Chakravarty is a Hindustani Classical Vocalist of the famed Kirana gharana and a disciple of Padmabhushan Dr. Prabha Atre. Ragini has been performing all over India with her classical recitals, light compositions and sangeet se sangeet tak concerts. She can be consulted here for program details.Under the banner of Shrutinaad Ragini also conducts regular classes on vocal music.Ragini's second audio album 'Bhoyai Oi...Kahani Ahiba Ghuri' (O' My Beloved...When Are You Coming Back Home!) was released at Guwahati on 4th January by renowned writer-author Lakshminandan Bora. This album consists of ten immortal Assamese songs of poet-composer-author-freedom fighter Kamalananda Bhattacharyya. Beauty of words and melody make these numbers irresistible.

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Ragini's Album 'Bhoyai Oi...'

Assamese Song by Ragini Chakravarty

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'My Grandfather's Songs'. Ragini's First Album of Immortal Songs of Kamalananda Bhattacharyya

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Ragini at Jaipur, March 2, 2011

43rd Mahashivratri Bhavya Sangeet Samaroh, 2011.

Geet Se Sangeet Tak...A Musical Journey

Ragini performing at Karnataka Sangha, Mumbai, Jan 30, 2011

Tributes to Poet Composer Kamalananda Bhattachayya

It was on this day of 4th January, 1951 that the State of Assam lost a great son , a poet, composer, lyricist, playwright and freedom fighter, Kamalananda Bhattacharyya who had composed over 200 songs in Assamese apart from a vast array of other writings. We offer our tributes to this great personality whose treasure-house of pristine music continues to inspire us and all music lovers of Assam.

Bibekananda Bhattacharyya

Mass Movement Against Terror

But when common people are fed up and angry they are capable of revolutions, again, if properly supported and guided. Pages of world history give enough proofs of that which everybody would accept except perhaps Pakistan.